diff --git a/pkg/storage/raft_log_queue_test.go b/pkg/storage/raft_log_queue_test.go
index 56edc99b2a62..e9e05b85fc53 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/raft_log_queue_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/raft_log_queue_test.go
@@ -722,10 +722,11 @@ func TestSnapshotLogTruncationConstraints(t *testing.T) {
 func TestTruncateLog(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
 	tc := testContext{}
+	cfg := TestStoreConfig(nil)
+	cfg.TestingKnobs.DisableRaftLogQueue = true
 	stopper := stop.NewStopper()
 	defer stopper.Stop(context.TODO())
-	tc.Start(t, stopper)
-	tc.repl.store.SetRaftLogQueueActive(false)
+	tc.StartWithStoreConfig(t, stopper, cfg)
 
 	// Populate the log with 10 entries. Save the LastIndex after each write.
 	var indexes []uint64
@@ -887,10 +888,11 @@ func TestTruncateLogRecompute(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := testContext{
 		engine: eng,
 	}
+	cfg := TestStoreConfig(nil)
+	cfg.TestingKnobs.DisableRaftLogQueue = true
 	stopper := stop.NewStopper()
 	defer stopper.Stop(context.TODO())
-	tc.Start(t, stopper)
-	tc.repl.store.SetRaftLogQueueActive(false)
+	tc.StartWithStoreConfig(t, stopper, cfg)
 
 	key := roachpb.Key("a")
 	repl := tc.store.LookupReplica(keys.MustAddr(key))
diff --git a/pkg/storage/replica_test.go b/pkg/storage/replica_test.go
index a05d8b8593cf..ad8e3c8f8142 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/replica_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/replica_test.go
@@ -1285,10 +1285,10 @@ func TestReplicaTSCacheLowWaterOnLease(t *testing.T) {
 	tc := testContext{manualClock: hlc.NewManualClock(123)}
 	cfg := TestStoreConfig(hlc.NewClock(tc.manualClock.UnixNano, time.Nanosecond))
 	cfg.TestingKnobs.DisableAutomaticLeaseRenewal = true
+	// Disable raft log truncation which confuses this test.
+	cfg.TestingKnobs.DisableRaftLogQueue = true
 	tc.StartWithStoreConfig(t, stopper, cfg)
 
-	// Disable raft log truncation which confuses this test.
-	tc.store.SetRaftLogQueueActive(false)
 	secondReplica, err := tc.addBogusReplicaToRangeDesc(context.TODO())
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -6624,10 +6624,10 @@ func TestEntries(t *testing.T) {
 	// Disable ticks to avoid quiescence, which can result in empty
 	// entries being proposed and causing the test to flake.
 	cfg.RaftTickInterval = math.MaxInt32
+	cfg.TestingKnobs.DisableRaftLogQueue = true
 	stopper := stop.NewStopper()
 	defer stopper.Stop(context.TODO())
 	tc.StartWithStoreConfig(t, stopper, cfg)
-	tc.repl.store.SetRaftLogQueueActive(false)
 
 	repl := tc.repl
 	rangeID := repl.RangeID
@@ -6774,10 +6774,11 @@ func TestEntries(t *testing.T) {
 func TestTerm(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
 	tc := testContext{}
+	tsc := TestStoreConfig(nil)
+	tsc.TestingKnobs.DisableRaftLogQueue = true
 	stopper := stop.NewStopper()
 	defer stopper.Stop(context.TODO())
-	tc.Start(t, stopper)
-	tc.repl.store.SetRaftLogQueueActive(false)
+	tc.StartWithStoreConfig(t, stopper, tsc)
 
 	repl := tc.repl
 	rangeID := repl.RangeID
diff --git a/pkg/storage/store.go b/pkg/storage/store.go
index b43bf361ca3c..fe3b6be37af7 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/store.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/store.go
@@ -937,6 +937,9 @@ func NewStore(
 	if cfg.TestingKnobs.DisableMergeQueue {
 		s.setMergeQueueActive(false)
 	}
+	if cfg.TestingKnobs.DisableRaftLogQueue {
+		s.setRaftLogQueueActive(false)
+	}
 	if cfg.TestingKnobs.DisableReplicaGCQueue {
 		s.setReplicaGCQueueActive(false)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/testing_knobs.go b/pkg/storage/testing_knobs.go
index 6821f0268e69..268fc628055f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/testing_knobs.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/testing_knobs.go
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ type StoreTestingKnobs struct {
 	DisableGCQueue bool
 	// DisableMergeQueue disables the merge queue.
 	DisableMergeQueue bool
+	// DisableReplicateQueue disables the raft log queue.
+	DisableRaftLogQueue bool
 	// DisableReplicaGCQueue disables the replica GC queue.
 	DisableReplicaGCQueue bool
 	// DisableReplicateQueue disables the replication queue.